Donations

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Yonzie Wrote:Looks good, but should the expenses to date not be under the income/expenses thing?

Well, actually I'd like to keep that separated: we have already spent that money and the connection is going to stay as well. If we are colocating the server it will require extra funding. That extra funding is the reason why we ask for donations and we would like to show it will be spend wisely.

Yonzie Wrote:I understand that it's hosted at home somewhere? Be more explicit about how crappy the current solution is! Include pictures of the box under your bed ;-)

Good point... I'll try to make some crappy pictures with my phone (my digicam died a few weeks ago) and place them here.

Yonzie Wrote:You should go for a 1u box... Don't know about the places you are looking at, but it's usually cheaper. The case is also cheaper, if you know what to get. Go for a Chieftec 1u case. Not the best in the world, but solid and the cheapest available. You may need to fix up a little ducting (depending on the CPU) since the fans are badly arranged, but that's nothing more than the price of a bit of tape. A PCI riser card is included with the case.
It's (probably) not a problem with the hw, since normal unbuffered non-ECC memory is small enough to fit. You can get a 1u heat sink & fan for ~40€.
If the motherboard in use does not have integrated graphics, an extremely stable intel (as in made by) p4/celeron desktop board can be had for <100€, although you have to remove the sound header at the back for it to fit. I've had about 30 of those in my hands, 0 DOAs, 0 defects the first 6 months.
Tyan has some even nicer ones, but they are twice the price (or more).

The problem is that the current motherboard of the server requires atleast 2U (risercard + memory). The motherboard uses onboard graphics already and has a risercard as well (3 slots). So, essentially it is just a simple swap into a 2U case. I was planning on a chieftec as well, but I see the prices have dropped a bit during the past three months. I didn't recon the casing had a power supply as well. Saves another 50 euros.

richieu Wrote:You dont get anything in this world for nothing!

I've only just joined the group and have paypaled money over the first week, why? Because hosting a forum and actually running it costs and you will only get out what you put in.

Yup. I noticed that, and I was very amazed a new member donating so soon.

richieu Wrote:You guys have a great forum, far better than any rally forms I'm a member of

If your dong stickers I'll buy some and put them on the 4 drift school cars

Aww... That's also something which is still on the "to-do" list.